Peel - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |piːl|  American pronunciation of the word peel
Brit.  |piːl|  British pronunciation of the word peel

noun

- British politician (1788-1850)
- the rind of a fruit or vegetable (syn: skin)

verb

- strip the skin off (syn: pare, skin)
- come off in flakes or thin small pieces (syn: flake)
The paint in my house is peeling off
- get undressed (syn: disrobe, strip, uncase, unclothe, undress)

Extra examples

They peeled back the sheet to display the new sculpture.

She got sunburned and her back is peeling.

As you peel away the onion skin, you find another skin underneath.

The wall-paper is peeling.

His face is peeling.

The paint is peeling away already.

He has a terrible disease in which the skin on the hands peels away.

Peel and dice the potatoes.

The paper was peeling from the wall.

New skin grows, and the damaged skin peels off.

The walls were peeling from the damp.

The paint in my house is peeling off

Peel and section the orange.

This orange is a pain to peel.

Scald the tomatoes in boiling water so that you can peel them more easily.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: peel
he/she/it: peels
present participle: peeling
past tense: peeled
past participle: peeled
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